Encanted Forest

Well this past weekend was Labor Day weekend and Tyrel and I kept ourselves busy! Saturday we spent the day at Enchanted Forest for my little sister's birthday! She is now 13 years old, about to start 7th grade and is as tall as me! They grow up so fast.

Anyway, I haven't been to Enchanted Forest in about 20 years and all I remember from it is some haunted house that scared the crap out of me and the shoe slide. Apparently there was some light show that involved water at the end that also scared me but I don't remember this at all. The place was really cool, definitely kid oriented, but still fun for adults.

Me and the birthday girl!

Braylon went on this ride, you just can't see him haha

There was a cute show we went too called the empire's new clothes. It was really funny

Overall it was really fun. And I even went into the haunted house which I understand why a little kid would get scared in there and went to the light show which wasn't that scary and can't understand why I got scared of it.

My first "concert"

Well Saturday was busy day for me. After sleeping for 10 hours I got up and headed to Corvallis to my sister and nephew before they left for Idaho. I sure do love this little guy

Afterwards Tyrel and I went out to dinner and discussed the plan for later that night. The plan was to just go home but my friend texted me about the Northwest Art and Air Show in Albany where Daughtry was playing. I had completely forgot about it. I seriously love that band and I've never been to a concert where a band plays live before. Well I'm very happy that I went because that was an amazing experience! I will admit listening to songs live sounds different but it was so cool being so close.

Here they come!

Here they come!

So cool. Thanks to my friend Lindsey for the invite

Attempting some beach therapy

Yesterday we made a trip to the beach because both of us felt it had been forever since we went. Now that we live in Salem, we are closer to Lincoln City which is where we got married. So we decided to visit the beach we got married on, which was Fogarty Creek Beach. We reminisced about the special day and started walking along the beach like we normally do. We quickly regretted that decision. We soon realized how much we hated the sand there. So many big rocks and extremely uncomfortable. And it was HOT. So hot that we burned our feet. I happen to burn my toes so badly that I now have blisters on them. Yes, second degree burns from walking barefoot on the beach. We have been walking barefoot on the beach for years and never have experienced sand so hot. I'm wondering if the amount of rocks soaking up the heat from the sun had something to do with it?

Anyway, after that horrible experience we decided to go to a different beach, where there is more normal sand. The sand felt nicer, not nearly as hot but we still didn't get far because our feet were still hurting from being burned. We decided to bag the idea of walking on the beach and instead stopped at the outlet mall in Lincoln City and do some looking around. We happen to find the perfect rings for us at Hot Topic, which happen to be something from star wars which is why they are so perfect. We also went to the Kitchen Collections to get some more things for our kitchen and they happen to be having a sale on the kitchen aid mixers I've been wanting so badly!

Other then the blisters on my toes, it was an overall good day